Oberoi Realty (up 2.31 per cent), DLF (up 1.49 per cent), Brigade Enterprises (up 1.38 per cent), Indiabulls Real Estate (up 0.88 per cent) and Hemisphere Properties India (up 0.83 per cent) were among the top gainers.
SOBHA (down 1.65 per cent), Prestige Estates Projects (down 0.52 per cent) and Phoenix Mills (down 0.21 per cent) were the top losers on the index.
The Nifty Realty index was up 0.82 per cent at 423.75 at the time of writing this report.
Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index was up 54.5 points at 17409.8, while the BSE Sensex was up 200.56 points at 58378.32.
Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 41 were trading in the green, while 9 were in the red.
Shares of YES Bank, Zee Ent., Vodafone Idea, BHEL and IDFC were among the most traded shares on the NSE.
Shares of Ami Organics Ltd., Rex Pipes and Cables Industries Ltd., Dish TV India, Seamec Ltd and Vijaya Diagnostic Centre Ltd. hit their fresh 52-week highs in today’s trade, while Inventure Grwth and Varroc Engg. hit fresh 52-week lows in trade.